Bibliograph

Counting the Days, POWs, Internees, and Stragglers of World War II in the Pacific, Craig B. Smith

Type

Label

Counting the Days, POWs, Internees, and Stragglers of World War II in the Pacific, Craig B. Smith

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-242) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Counting the Days

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

747527844

Responsibility statement

Craig B. Smith

Sub title

POWs, Internees, and Stragglers of World War II in the Pacific

Summary

Traces the stories of six prisoners on both sides of World War II, including a pair of European expatriates who were released into the dangerous Philippine jungles, a U.S. citizen who was confined in a detention camp and a Japanese soldier who hid in the Guam jungles until 15 years after the war

Table Of Contents

December 1941 -- Origins -- Davao Gold Mine -- Insular patrol -- Yokohama Bank -- Argentina Maru -- The dentist's house -- Zentsuji -- Relocation -- American sojourn -- Across the Gulf of Davao -- Osaka -- Houses in the jungle -- A riot and a marriage -- Happy life blues cabaret -- Hirohata -- The battle for Guam -- MacArthur returns -- Free at last -- Prisoner of war number 1 -- Home from Manzanar -- Stragglers: prisoners of conscience -- Picking up the pieces -- Epilogue: prisoners today

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